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Kurt
Bevacqua		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 23, 1947 in Usa, FL, MIAMI BEACH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1980   
Gold Glove 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 24 CLE AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5 6 5 6 7 6 6
1972 25 CLE AL     4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 7
1973 26 CLE AL     5 5 6 4 3 3 6 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 6
1974 27 CLE AL     6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1975 28 CLE AL     6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1976 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1977 30 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
1978 31 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 9 7 7 7
1979 32 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 9 7 7 7
1980 33 SDP NL $ 1,190,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
1981 34 SDP NL $ 1,325,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 8 7 8 6 6 6
1982 35 SDP NL $ 1,325,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
1983 36 MIN AL $ 504,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 2 3 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,325,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 9 8 9 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 24 AA   30 95 11 23 5 0 2 13 0 1 15 15 .242 .345 .358 .703 12.3  
    A   101 350 49 111 17 1 13 54 5 5 71 34 .317 .432 .483 .915 72.5  
1972 25 AA   135 448 66 94 21 2 10 52 4 3 73 58 .210 .321 .333 .653 52.7  
1973 26 AA   105 390 54 114 26 1 13 47 3 3 66 53 .292 .395 .464 .859 71.0  
1974 27 AAA   136 498 80 151 30 2 19 88 8 2 79 88 .303 .399 .486 .885 95.4  
1975 28 AAA   137 509 101 155 24 2 15 88 1 7 106 79 .305 .424 .448 .872 98.0  
1976 29 CLE AL 147 537 80 158 21 3 10 53 3 3 64 74 .294 .369 .400 .769 77.0 13.9
1977 30 CLN NL 97 201 26 45 8 0 3 17 2 1 24 38 .224 .307 .308 .615 19.0 2.1
1978 31 CLN NL 71 194 19 44 8 1 4 11 0 0 22 39 .227 .304 .340 .644 19.5 2.1
    AAA   4 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .214 .481 0.8  
1979 32 SDP NL 91 222 30 54 12 1 2 22 1 2 29 27 .243 .332 .333 .665 21.8 2.6
1980 33 SDP NL 104 235 33 70 10 0 5 34 2 0 33 28 .298 .385 .404 .789 34.3 7.1
1981 34 SDP NL 123 327 36 77 8 1 7 40 0 2 30 51 .235 .299 .330 .629 31.2 3.6
1982 35 SDP NL 153 519 52 133 19 3 8 51 2 1 50 91 .256 .318 .351 .669 58.2 10.0
1983 36 MIN AL 50 108 9 20 4 0 1 9 0 0 9 19 .185 .244 .250 .494 7.3 0.0
    AAA   24 86 19 31 5 1 2 14 0 3 14 12 .360 .450 .512 .962 17.5  
8 Years Sim 836 2343 285 601 90 9 40 237 10 9 261 367 .257 .330 .354 .684 268.2 41.4
4 Years AAA 301 1107 200 340 59 5 36 190 9 12 200 180 .307 .411 .467 .878 211.7  
3 Years AA 270 933 131 231 52 3 25 112 7 7 154 126 .248 .354 .390 .745 136.0  
1 Years A 101 350 49 111 17 1 13 54 5 5 71 34 .317 .430 .483 .913 72.5  
8 Years Minors 672 2390 380 682 128 9 74 356 21 24 425 340 .285 .392 .439 .831 420.2  
162 Game Average 454 55 116 17 1 7 45 1 1 50 71 .257 .330 .354 .684 52.0  
Career Highs 153 537 80 158 21 3 10 53 3 3 64 91 .298 .385 .404 .789 77.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1436 164 361 56 4 27 142 8 3 150 238 .251 .321 .352 .673 168.6
vs LH   907 121 240 34 5 13 95 2 6 111 129 .265 .344 .356 .700 114.5
Home 424 1189 144 308 43 6 22 113 6 4 132 192 .259 .332 .361 .693 147.5
Away 412 1154 141 293 47 3 18 124 4 5 129 175 .254 .328 .347 .674 135.7
RISP   574 0 135 14 1 9 186 0 0 76 83 .235 .316 .310 .626 63.3
Pinch Hitting   128 11 29 3 1 0 10 1 0 15 24 .227 .303 .266 .569 11.5
Close/Late   301 37 84 14 0 7 38 0 0 33 53 .279 .345 .395 .740 42.0
Mar/Apr 133 366 51 99 12 3 8 35 0 2 50 49 .270 .358 .385 .743 52.0
May 163 451 52 115 24 0 1 36 2 1 50 61 .255 .329 .315 .644 48.5
June 154 461 51 116 21 1 7 42 2 2 49 73 .252 .324 .347 .671 53.0
July 116 320 46 82 7 0 11 46 0 1 35 55 .256 .325 .381 .706 41.6
August 135 374 46 96 12 3 9 40 3 3 33 71 .257 .315 .377 .692 44.8
Sep/Oct 135 371 39 93 14 2 4 38 3 0 44 58 .251 .329 .332 .661 43.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 29 CLE AL 3B 145 145 1232.0 74 294 19 20 .951 2.69   3.8
1977 30 CLN NL 2B 45 7 143.7 30 75 2 16 .981 6.58   0.7
    3B 17 11 106.0 5 31 1 1 .973 3.06   0.4
    1B 15 11 98.0 128 12 1 12 .993 12.86   0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 31 CLN NL 3B 58 55 461.7 21 141 11 9 .936 3.16   1.8
    2B 3 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 32 SDP NL 1B 47 46 351.3 473 43 1 56 .998 13.22   0.5
    2B 46 8 154.0 45 69 5 16 .958 6.66   0.7
    3B 4 2 17.0 1 5 0 2 1.000 3.18   0.1
1980 33 SDP NL 3B 54 45 389.7 23 131 9 11 .945 3.56   1.5
    2B 39 11 158.3 50 68 3 24 .975 6.71   0.9
    1B 3 1 14.0 19 1 0 5 1.000 12.86   0.0
    SS 4 0 7.0 0 5 3 0 .625 6.43   0.0
1981 34 SDP NL 3B 50 47 379.3 26 95 9 8 .931 2.87   0.9
    2B 55 11 169.7 37 70 2 9 .982 5.68   0.9
    1B 10 10 78.0 103 9 1 12 .991 12.92   0.1
1982 35 SDP NL 3B 146 146 1269.0 89 374 28 40 .943 3.28   4.9
    2B 5 0 14.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 7.71   0.1
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1983 36 MIN AL 3B 19 12 121.0 8 23 2 3 .939 2.31   0.3
    1B 14 9 104.0 125 9 0 13 1.000 11.60   0.2
    2B 6 3 29.0 9 11 0 5 1.000 6.21   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 493 463 3975.7 247 1094 79 94 .944 3.04   13.8
  2B 199 40 674.7 176 304 12 72 .976 6.40   3.5
  1B 91 77 648.3 851 74 3 98 .997 12.84   1.0
  SS 6 0 12.0 0 7 3 0 .700 5.25   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   791 580 5313.6 1275 1479 97 264 .966 4.66   18.3
Career Highs   153 146 1286.0 519 383 28 74 .991 10.96    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 30 CLN NL 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393
1980 33 SDP NL 11 19 1 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 5 .263 .364 .368 .732
1981 34 SDP NL 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .125 .222 .125 .347
Career Post-Season Batting 20 34 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 11 .206 .308 .265 .572
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Singles
1976-10-124
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Johnny Burnett (949)
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  8. Gene Alley (947)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 65th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1971
Injured on 7/29/1973 with a Broken Hand, out for 8 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1976, off Pedro Borbon (CLN)
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Cleveland (N) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLE: P Ken Wright, LF Al Ferrara, SS Denis Menke, P Fred Holdsworth)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego on 2/22/1979 (Going to SDP: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, P Jim Shellenback, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLN: CF Rick Reichardt)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,190,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,325,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/16/1981 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,325,000 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1982
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/3/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $504,000 per year
 
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